Let A be a 6 X 9 matrix. If Nullity (ATA^TAT) = 2 then Nullity(A) = 2

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2021-02-11

Suppose A is a 6×9 matrix. If Nullity (ATATAT) =2 then Nullity (A)=2

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It is given that AA is a 6×9 matrix and Nullity (AT)=2. Let rank (A)=k. Then we know that rank (AT)=k. By Rank-nullity theorem we have
rank(A)+Nullity(A)=9 and rank(AT)+Nullity(AT)=6
It follows that
rank (AT)=62=4k=4
Therefore we get
Nullity (A)=9k=94=5
Hence the given statement is False.

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